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Josh Berry

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12

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65

47

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Noah Gragson

9 |

4

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87

53

0

3

Justin Allgaier

7 |

10

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0

47

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4

Ty Gibbs

54 |

3

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30

52

0

5

Trevor Bayne

18 |

2

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0

34

0

6

Austin Hill

21 |

8

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2

47

0

7

Sam Mayer

1 |

5

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0

39

0

8

Daniel Hemric

11 |

6

Running

201

0

33

0

9

Brandon Jones

19 |

7

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5

42

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10

Anthony Alfredo

23 |

21

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0

27

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11

Landon Cassill

10 |

15

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3

26

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12

Nicholas Sanchez

48 |

22

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1

25

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13

Hailie Deegan

07 |

20

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0

0

0

14

Kyle Weatherman

34 |

26

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1

23

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15

Jeremy Clements

51 |

14

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0

22

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16

John H. Nemechek

26 |

11

Running

200

0

0

0

17

Jeb Burton

27 |

16

Running

200

0

20

0

18

Riley Herbst

98 |

36

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0

19

0

19

Myatt Snider

31 |

23

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0

18

0

20

Rajah Caruth

44 |

18

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200

0

0

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21

Parker Retzlaff

02 |

27

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199

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16

0

22

AJ Allmendinger

16 |

1

Running

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7

20

0

23

Stefan Parsons

45 |

17

Running

198

0

0

0

24

Kris Wright

68 |

31

Running

197

0

0

0

25

Garrett Smithley

78 |

25

Running

197

0

12

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26

Kyle Sieg

28 |

38

Running

197

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11

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27

Jeffrey Earnhardt

35 |

32

Running

197

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10

0

28

Ryan Vargas

6 |

35

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197

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9

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29

Mason Massey

91 |

29

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8

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30

Cj McLaughlin

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34

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7

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31

David Starr

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37

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6

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32

Matt Jaskol

13 |

30

Running

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33

Bayley Currey

4 |

24

Running

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4

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34

Josh Williams

36 |

28

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195

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3

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35

Matt Mills

5 |

33

Running

195

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0

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36

JJ Yeley

66 |

19

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82

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Sheldon Creed

2 |

9

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52

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Ryan Sieg

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  • POS 1 | LEADER

    Josh Berry

    POS1

    LEADER

    Josh Berry

    Driver badge number 8 |

  • POS 2 | 1.125

    Noah Gragson

    POS2

    1.125

    Noah Gragson

    Driver badge number 9 |

  • POS 3 | 3.541

    Justin Allgaier

    POS3

    3.541

    Justin Allgaier

    Driver badge number 7 |

Josh Berry wins at Las Vegas, punches ticket to Championship 4

LAS VEGAS —  Josh Berry‘s resume would indicate he‘s a top-shelf short track racer, but the JR Motorsports driver may need to expand that profile. Berry‘s No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet led a commanding 65 laps en route to the win in the Alsco Uniforms 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday — his second victory in the last three races on the high-banked 1.5-miler.

Berry took the lead from AJ Allmendinger with 34 laps remaining — the pair racing hard side-by-side at the front of the field on a late race restart. Berry even got shoved into the outside wall before recovering and moving into the lead for his fifth career win.

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Las Vegas native Noah Gragson — who led a race best 87 laps and earned his season-leading 14th stage win — finished second, 1.125 seconds behind Berry. Justin Allgaier was third, solidifying a JR Motorsports 1-2-3 podium-sweeping effort.

The win is hugely significant, earning Berry the automatic position in the Championship 4 in the season finale at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 5 — his first opportunity to race for the season title.

“I think I hit the wall like 12 times,” Berry told his team on the radio during the cool-down lap.

When the 31-year-old Tennessee native ultimately climbed out of his Chevy at the finish line, he took time to remove his helmet — standing alongside his Chevy and soaking in the importance of the day and the championship implications — far removed from his job as a bank teller years ago.

“I was a little bit tight off (Turn) 4 the whole time, and [Allmendinger] left me a lane but nothing extra, but I wasn‘t letting off,” said Berry, who hadn‘t led a lap in the last six races. “That was for a trip to Phoenix and I was willing to hit the wall or whatever. We‘ve had a tough couple weeks or months, but we knew we could do this if we were at our best.

“Had a caution with 30 to go and was able to wrestle the lead away from those guys and build enough of a [points] gap to keep it,” Berry said. “I tell you, I‘m just speechless.”

Berry‘s NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway also capped a memorable afternoon for Chevrolet, marking Chevy‘s 500th all-time win in the series and clinching the manufacturer’s sixth consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series Manufacturer‘s Championship.

Allmendinger, the regular-season champion, had to pit under green-flag conditions shortly after racing Berry up front for the lead — a pair of loose tires ultimately derailing his day. Allmendinger‘s 22nd-place finish in the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet was the lowest among the eight current playoff drivers.

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Ty Gibbs and former Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne completed the top five Saturday. Richard Childress Racing‘s Austin Hill, JRM‘s Sam Mayer, Kaulig Racing‘s Daniel Hemric, JGR‘s Brandon Jones and Our Motorsports‘ Anthony Alfredo rounded out the top 10.

Allmendinger was the only playoff driver with a finish outside the top 10.

With Berry‘s win and automatic berth into the Championship 4, Gragson now leads the standings by 19 points over Gibbs and 29 points ahead of Allgaier.

Hill (-15), Allmendinger (-16), Jones (-29), and Mayer (-36) head into the next round needing to make up points with two races remaining — at Homestead-Miami and Martinsville — to set the four-car championship lineup for Phoenix.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series standout Hailie Deegan made her Xfinity debut at Las Vegas — earning a 13th-place finish in her first race.

“I‘m pretty excited right now, the guys gave me an amazing car,” Deegan said, noting that she would love the opportunity to race more in the Xfinity Series should a sponsor step up for funding.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series returns to playoff action in next week‘s NASCAR triple-header weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway with Saturday‘s Contender Boats 300 (4:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Myatt Snider is the defending race winner.

NOTE: Post-race inspection concluded without issue, confirming Berry as the race winner. The No. 54 car was found with one loose lug nut, which will result in a fine.